Kristen is an impact evaluation analyst with the World Food Programme, supporting a workstream using experimental impact evaluations to improve programming in conflict-and crisis-affected settings. She is currently a DPhil student at the Center on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, as Grand Union DTP Advanced Quantitative Methods scholar. Her interests include experimental and non-experimental programme evaluation methods in humanitarian contexts, and particularly the role of social networks in supporting the well-being of individuals experiencing displacement.

Previously, Kristen has conducted research with the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Oxfam, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). She holds an MSc in Impact Evaluation for International Development from the University of East Anglia, and a BA in Sociology with Mathematics from Southwestern University in Texas.